Re: [amsat-bb] GRRRRRRRRRRR!

["David M. Tipton" <tiptond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uh... No....  You achieve circular polarisation buy phasing two antennas
90 Degrees apart.  See http://www.dnrconsulting.com/~tiptond for a very
common example of a 2M and 70cm version made by M2.

Dave

On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, John / NS1Z wrote:

> Hmmmmm!!??? Wouldn't you have to spin that Arrow antenna pretty fast to
> achieve circular polarization? The best (?) approach is to use linear
> polarization. Your signal is down 3 dB but the fade due to polarity changes
> is non-existant.....
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David M. Tipton, PhD <tiptond@dnrconsulting.com>
> 
> > Or put up a set of beams that are circular polarized would be even
> better...
> > Or switch to an arrow antenna that you can hand rotate.. Believe it or
> not,
> > this is actually easier to control.
> 
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